240WheelwrightFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.184 State: 8/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 126 x 176 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 126 x 176 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | dark tan |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | The paper colour is pinkish ivory discoloured to tan |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | With light tone, slightly darker at lower left and right. |
| Note on foul biting: | Patches of regular, granular tine at left and centre; acid droplets at lowre left and upper right. |
| Print note: | This is quite similar in appearance to Kennedy's fifth state, but there is rebiting on the wagon and shadows around it. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 33-49 mm from left, height 6 mm; butterfly of 1886/1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W162 from T Way' at lower centre on the verso b C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2330503 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.